Honda Odyssey swap?

Yes we've covered this somewhat before.

I've never resolved this issue, though, in my head. Essentially at this point it would be a second car since that second car is rapidly approaching 'also needs a third row' territory for reasons that are complicated to explain.

The question is simply: What is required to put an Accord (other?) manual transmission into a 99-04 Odyssey? I am primarily talking CV shafts, mounts, and most importantly electronics. Bolt it up, swap ECU and go? Bolt it up, hook up spectrum analyzer, signal generator, and hire a crack team of Honda engineers for a few months? 'splain.

Thanks

I'm not much help, but I'm in the middle of a 5-spd swap in a 1st gen. It's all been pretty straightforward so far. unfortunately 2g swaps are not as well documented. I think one of the biggest issues iwould beavailability and cost of 6-speed donors.

A bunch of Honda engineers swapped a TSX 6speed trans into an Odyssey for the One Lap. Try asking them?

I would recommend doing engine and trans out of an accord or TL. Not sure which subframe I would use, but making your own motor mounts and modifying the length of the driveshafts (appropriate half of the shaft from each application) shouldn't be too bad.

04-06 TL-S had a 6spd with LSD attached to that engine. Lengthen or shorten shift cables as necessary.

So what about controlling this beast? Does anyone have any other Insight (pun!) or history going from auto-manual in other vehicles from Honda in that timeframe?

Based on TL and accord forums the cars in same year range and v6 has same high transmission failure rate. Most of the users looking for a better solution than a rebuild are installing the 06-07 Odyssey transmission into them. Seems these should also work for the odyssey, not a manual but seems like a viable solution.

The Duramax Diesel and Allison 6-Speed are a direct bolt in.

No. No they aren't.